Asked by dave
In the video, one of the buds is older than the other. Which bud do you think is older and almost ready to break away? What makes you think that?
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I’d pick the larger bud that’s almost pinched off from the mother — the one with the narrow “neck” between bud and mother. My reasons:
- Size: it’s bigger, so it’s had more time to grow.
- Constriction at the junction: the neck is much narrower, indicating a septum is forming and cytokinesis is nearly complete.
- Visual signs of separation: you can often see a bud scar or thicker/wrinkled cell wall at the neck, or the bud moving slightly independent of the mother.
- (If nuclei are visible) the nucleus has already divided and one daughter is firmly in the bud.
If you want, tell me which frame/time in the video (or upload a still) and I’ll point to the exact bud.
- Size: it’s bigger, so it’s had more time to grow.
- Constriction at the junction: the neck is much narrower, indicating a septum is forming and cytokinesis is nearly complete.
- Visual signs of separation: you can often see a bud scar or thicker/wrinkled cell wall at the neck, or the bud moving slightly independent of the mother.
- (If nuclei are visible) the nucleus has already divided and one daughter is firmly in the bud.
If you want, tell me which frame/time in the video (or upload a still) and I’ll point to the exact bud.
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